Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In a telephone conversation, PM Modi recalled Rajapaska’s contributions to the development of Sri Lanka in his long political career, and wished him all the best for his future,' a statement from the Indian foreign ministry said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on having completed 50 years in the Sri Lankan parliament.
In a telephone conversation, Modi recalled Rajapaska’s “contributions to the development of Sri Lanka in his long political career, and wished him all the best for his future," a statement from the Indian foreign ministry said.
Modi also “conveyed his condolences at the sudden and untimely demise yesterday (on Tuesday) of Arumugan Thondaman, a prominent